The left and right internal thoracic artery (LITA and RITA, respectively), a branch of the subclavian artery, is often used for reconstruction of coronary arteries. Long-term results of this treatment ...

MUCH has been written about occlusive disease involving the great vessels of the aortic arch since the first reports on this subject by Savory 1 in 1856 and Broadbent 2 in 1875. This clinical entity, ...

MRA of the Aortic Arch with Contrast Bolus. This study is complementary to the standard neck and intracranial MRA. It allows visualization of the common carotids, and especially the origin of the ...

The first evaluation for subclavian artery occlusive disease should always be a simple measurement of bilateral brachial artery blood pressures. A significant difference between the two extremities is ...

CEREBROVASCULAR insufficiency due to subclavian-artery occlusion is more frequent, more simply diagnosed and more easily treated than generally recognized. Only recently has attention been focused on ...

Here, we report the case of a 79-year-old woman who was admitted to our hospital owing to worsening dyspnea and severe aortic stenosis (mean transvalvular gradient, 53 mm Hg). As the patient was frail ...

Subclavian steal syndrome is characterized by abnormal blood flow in the arteries. The condition has many potential causes, some of which can be serious without proper treatment. Subclavian steal ...